{"id":65333,"date":"2026-11-15T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=65333"},"modified":"2026-11-15T09:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T09:47:28","slug":"new-tram-experience-to-tour-the-illuminations-this-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=65333","title":{"rendered":"New tram experience to tour the Illuminations this December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A unique tram tour of Blackpool\u2019s Illuminations is set to take place on Wednesday 30<sup>th<\/sup> December, exclusively for guests staying at either the Boulevard or Big Blue Hotel at the Pleasure Beach. The tour is scheduled to use <strong>Flexity2 012<\/strong> (in its new green and cream livery).<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Being marketed as an experience, guests will take a tram journey through the town\u2019s famous lights, hosted by a live tour guide who will provide commentary on the Illuminations background and rich heritage. There will also be a selection of canapes served to guests at their seats and two glasses of a soft drink or prosecco.<\/p>\n<p>The tour will last 90 minutes and is scheduled to depart from Burlington Road West at 1900.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Thompson OBE, CEO of the Big Blue and Boulevard hotel, said: \u201cEach year, millions of people see the illuminations, but never in a setting quite like this. With a host, food and drink, this tour is designed to give guests the best viewing experience of our town\u2019s wonderful Illuminations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs 2026 draws to a close, it\u2019s important to end the year with a final treat, and what better way to do it than by traveling down our iconic Golden Mile, glass in hand listening to the fantastic stories of the Illuminations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the Illumination Tour cost \u00a325 for an adult and \u00a320 for children. They can be added when booking a stay at either hotel on 30<sup>th<\/sup> December. To book a room and secure a place on the hotel you can visit the Boulevard Hotel\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/reservations.boulevardhotel.co.uk\/book\/dates-of-stay\">https:\/\/reservations.boulevardhotel.co.uk\/book\/dates-of-stay<\/a> or the Big Blue\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/bigbluehotel.ihotelier.com\/book\/dates-of-stay\">https:\/\/bigbluehotel.ihotelier.com\/book\/dates-of-stay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A unique tram tour of Blackpool\u2019s Illuminations is set to take place on Wednesday 30th December, exclusively for guests staying at either the Boulevard or Big Blue Hotel at the Pleasure Beach. The tour is scheduled to use Flexity2 012 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=65333\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65334,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65333\/revisions\/65334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}